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About 5,000 Pennsylvania nursing home workers have new union contracts that will incrementally increase their hourly wages, SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania announced Tuesday.

The five-year contracts with Genesis HealthCare, OakHealth and Golden Living Centers will raise wages between 3 percent and 4 percent each year on a path to $15 an hour for certified nursing assistants.